Newly Declassified Intelligence Photos - Released 10/08/2002
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Al Furat Manufacturing Facility, Iraq
Construction of the building depicted on this graphic was suspended in 1991. Construction resumed in 2001, and the building appears to be operational, although the tall section at the rear of the building has not been completed. The building was originally intended to house a centrifuge enrichment cascade operation supporting Iraq
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Nassr Engineering Establishment Manufacturing Facility, Iraq
The graphics illustrate the 1998 destruction (during Operation Desert Fox) and subsequent reconstruction of machining buildings assessed to be capable of producing precision components for centrifuges and missiles. This machine plant produced centrifuge and EMIS components for Iraq's nuclear weapons program prior to Desert Storm, according to the IAEA
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